Piano
John Broadwood & Sons
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Metal, Satinwood
Measurements
9200 mm (H)2460 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Great Pulteney Street
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127815
Summary
John Broadwood & Sons. Grand Piano, 1812, in cross-banded mahogany with key well veneered in satinwood. Compass CC - c4. English ‘Grand action’. Trichord stringing. Pedals; Left; una corda /due code shift; Right; Dampers. (Divided damper pedal). Raised on four baluster-turned mahogany legs with ebonised collars. Carved mahogany pedal lyre.
Marks and inscriptions
John Broadwood and Sons, Makers to His Majesty and the Princesses, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London (on fall lid); Serial number 5615
Makers and roles
John Broadwood & Sons, manufacturer